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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    I'd much rather pay more now for an energy-efficient lightbulb, and save on our electric bills over the long haul.
    Your freedom to choose good, my freedom to choose bad, right?
    "Government is force by definition and corruption by nature. The bigger the government, the greater the force and the greater the corruption."

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    I have to be honest, I love LED bulbs......we remodeled the house two years ago and I went out and replaced every lightbulb in the house with LEDs.........haven't had to replace a bulb yet......
    Isaiah 6:5
    “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robo View Post
    Your freedom to choose good, my freedom to choose bad, right?
    Hey, if you want to spend more on your electric bill, knock yourself out. That's that much less you'll have to donate to some (R)'s campaign. lol
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    Was somebody screaming to go back to the old bulbs? Why did Trump do such a stupid thing? Is it part of the program to show how he does not believe in science and global warming?
    It will cost Trumpies more money and force them to change bulbs more often.
    Trump is not too bright and acts on whim and a sense of revenge. He will show those scientists who is boss.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-ca...H5oqvRDzMjm4nY

    The US is scrapping a ban on energy-inefficient light bulbs which was due to come in at the beginning of 2020.

    The rule would have prohibited the sale of bulbs that do not reach a standard of efficiency, and could have seen an end to incandescent bulbs.

    Many countries have phased out older bulbs because they waste energy.

    But the US energy department said banning incandescent bulbs would be bad for consumers because of the higher cost of more efficient bulbs.

    The Department of Energy said it had withdrawn the ban because it was a misinterpretation of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act.

    Specifically, the law stipulated that restrictions on bulbs could only be implemented when it was economically justified, Shaylyn Hynes, a spokeswoman for the Department of Energy, told the New York Times.

    more at link...
    We completely use only LED bulbs in our house. They cost more but last much longer so the cost evens out.

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    About five or six years ago, our utility company sent out free CFL bulbs, upon request. I have enough CFL bulbs to last for years to come!

    These bulbs are energy efficient too! Why would anybody go back to incandescent bulbs?!! I don't think they even make incandescent bulbs anymore?!!

    Last major U.S. factory making incandescent light bulbs closes

    https://www.mnn.com/green-tech/gadge...t-bulbs-closes

    Trump is a dumbass!


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    The new bulbs are cheaper and better for the environment. If rightys want to use old bulbs because regs that protect us are bad,Trump is letting them do the stupid. They should be pleased.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    the republicans hate America
    Fuck off you stupid piece of shit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-ca...H5oqvRDzMjm4nY

    The US is scrapping a ban on energy-inefficient light bulbs which was due to come in at the beginning of 2020.

    The rule would have prohibited the sale of bulbs that do not reach a standard of efficiency, and could have seen an end to incandescent bulbs.

    Many countries have phased out older bulbs because they waste energy.

    But the US energy department said banning incandescent bulbs would be bad for consumers because of the higher cost of more efficient bulbs.

    The Department of Energy said it had withdrawn the ban because it was a misinterpretation of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act.

    Specifically, the law stipulated that restrictions on bulbs could only be implemented when it was economically justified, Shaylyn Hynes, a spokeswoman for the Department of Energy, told the New York Times.

    more at link...
    Its these little things that make me happy. That fucking Kenyan Nazi Obama had not business sticking his nose into this industry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Terri4Trump View Post
    Its these little things that make me happy. That fucking Kenyan Nazi Obama had not business sticking his nose into this industry
    Obama has every right to do it, and he was acting to make us use less energy in lighting.
    But in your stupid belief, Trump has a right to change it. Obama did not have the right to do it. How damn stupid and illogical are you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    I'd much rather pay more now for an energy-efficient lightbulb, and save on our electric bills over the long haul.
    And you can. You have the choice to buy whatever type of bulb you want.

    What you can't do is tell someone else what type of bulb to buy.

    That is called freedom.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eagle-Eye View Post
    We completely use only LED bulbs in our house. They cost more but last much longer so the cost evens out.
    And they stay much cooler. I buy them too. But if my neighbor can't afford or doesn't want to buy them, that should be up to them as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    There is a reason conservative philosophy is one that pines for the past. Why they are ever considered cultural and technological dinosaurs.

    I mean, incandescent bulbs? That is, like, 19th century technology.

    Not to mention conservatives demand 12th century solutions (big, beautiful, brick walls) for border control rather than 21st century technology.

    One has to wonder if conservatives were the last dead enders clinging to 8-track players, and video cassettes.
    Why do you care at all.....what someone else does?

    Freedom = choice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Life is Golden View Post
    And you can. You have the choice to buy whatever type of bulb you want.
    What you can't do is tell someone else what type of bulb to buy.
    That is called freedom.
    LOL



    What's amusing about this whole Bulbgate thing is 1) the law was passed during Bush (R)'s reign, not Obama's, and 2) it doesn't ban incandescents. But Freedumbs!

    https://www.epa.gov/cfl/how-energy-i...ts-light-bulbs
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